Vide
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Vide has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | 11 |
| 2004 | – | 14 |
| 2005 | – | 20 |
| 2006 | 6 | 25 |
| 2007 | 4 | 58 |
| 2008 | 3 | 59 |
| 2009 | 3 | 63 |
| 2010 | 3 | 85 |
| 2011 | – | 88 |
| 2012 | 2 | 99 |
| 2013 | – | 111 |
| 2014 | – | 107 |
| 2015 | 8 | 120 |
| 2016 | 7 | 137 |
| 2017 | 4 | 138 |
| 2018 | 4 | 146 |
| 2019 | 2 | 149 |
| 2020 | 6 | 157 |
| 2021 | 4 | 157 |
| 2022 | – | 156 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 89 |
| 2000 | – | 91 |
| 2001 | – | 94 |
| 2002 | – | 101 |
| 2003 | 10 | 108 |
| 2004 | 11 | 121 |
| 2005 | 12 | 140 |
| 2006 | 18 | 164 |
| 2007 | 22 | 218 |
| 2008 | 24 | 280 |
| 2009 | 27 | 343 |
| 2010 | 30 | 428 |
| 2011 | 31 | 512 |
| 2012 | 32 | 609 |
| 2013 | 33 | 720 |
| 2014 | 35 | 825 |
| 2015 | 46 | 943 |
| 2016 | 53 | 1,081 |
| 2017 | 58 | 1,224 |
| 2018 | 66 | 1,369 |
| 2019 | 68 | 1,513 |
| 2020 | 73 | 1,665 |
Vide in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Vide.Hi! My name is Vide.
- Vide bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Vide lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vide har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Vide has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vides mamma är lärare.Vide's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Vides mamma is Vide's mum.
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Questions about Vide
How do you pronounce Vide in Swedish?
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How popular is Vide in Sweden?
156 babies were named Vide in 2022. In 2020, 1,738 people in Sweden had Vide as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.